OMAHA (DTN) -- Several days of favorable conditions for the Midwest, and much-above-normal temperatures developing for the winter wheat belt are the primary weather items for the commodity trade's attention Friday.

IMPROVING CONDITIONS FOR MIDWEST

The DTN ag weather forecast calls for improving conditions for fieldwork and planting over most of the Midwest during the next five days with warmer and drier conditions. A return to cool, unsettled weather is expected during the latter part of next week.

TEMPERATURES STARTING TO INCREASE FOR SOUTHERN PLAINS

The lowest temperatures of the week appeared in the Southern Plains hard red winter wheat ...